ISBN:
9780702071003
Copyright:
2017
Publication Date:
07-03-2017
Page Count:
200
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$16.95
Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal, 2nd Edition
by Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM
Paperback
ISBN:
9780702071003
Copyright:
2017
Publication Date:
07-03-2017
Page Count:
200
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$16.95
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- Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
- Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
- Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
- Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
- Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
- Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
- Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
- Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
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- Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines
- Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice
- Improved layout aids retention and learning
- Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures
- Embraces the principles of ‘Better Births’
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Postnatal care: principles and practice
Chapter 3 Care of the baby at birth
Chapter 4 Examination of the newborn
Chapter 5 Hospital postnatal care
Chapter 6 Postoperative care following a caesarean
Chapter 7 Postnatal care in the community
Chapter 8 Emotional well-being following birth
Chapter 9 Formula feeding
Chapter 10 Supporting the mother to feed her baby